# 186. Heated Rivalry: the queer Canadian hockey romance taking the internet by storm

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Podcast: [Seventh Row Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/seventh-row-podcast-1017704)
Published: 2026-01-06T04:21:00+00:00
Episode link: https://seventhrow.libsyn.com/186-heated-rivalry-the-queer-canadian-hockey-romance-taking-the-internet-by-storm
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Duration seconds: 2366

## Resource

The best directed TV show of 2025 is a queer hockey romance from Canada called Heated Rivalry . And like the rest of the internet, host Alex Heeney has become quite a fan. But she's been thinking a lot about what makes it good and what has made it popular, and how those two things definitely intersect, but the Venn diagram isn't just a circle. So on today's episode, Alex talks about why she, too, was very excited for the cottage, why the show is hitting in this cultural moment, what still felt lacking — and how all of that sent her to rewatch Looking , a very different kind of show, to get the hit she was really craving. 👉 Want to watch/rewatch Looking with Alex and a small group this spring? Get on the waitlist here: http://email.seventh-row.com/looking

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